2012 in Review: Major Higher Ed Trends

2012 in Review: Major Higher Ed Trends

2012 was like all years full of heroic efforts and thoughtless abetting of great evil.  In American higher education, it was the year in which...

A College Christmas Carol: Restoring the Bankruptcy Option

A College Christmas Carol: Restoring the Bankruptcy Option

As Scrooge leaves his counting-house on Christmas Eve, he encounters his cheerful nephew, who tells his Uncle Scrooge that Christmas is one of those...

The Knowledge that Dare Not Speak Its Name

The Knowledge that Dare Not Speak Its Name

For some time now, the humanities and the interpretive social sciences have been the canaries in the mineshaft of higher education.   Language...

Humanities Infrastructure 1

Humanities Infrastructure 1

I agree with Mark Yudof: one of many reasons never to leave Austin Texas is the "easy access to breakfast tacos."   After an excessive helping...

Let There Be Confusion

Let There Be Confusion

As part of the continuing effort to remake UC in the vision of modern advertising and finance where the only important activity is the constant exchange...